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How common is it to fly your country's flag, and how is it seen by others? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 1 year ago by lynny to c/[email protected]

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My ex from Norway mentioned how unusual it was that so many places and people here fly our flag (USA), so I was curious to hear what it's like for others here on the fediverse.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In the states the houses with American flags out front are the most likely to shoot you for knocking on the door. The only way to cancel the uncertainty is with an LGBTQ+ flag or the rainbow american flag.

I had a professor who liked flying flags and got the cops called on him for flying the flag of the USSR. Dude just liked the design.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Flying Canadian flags is generally a more subtle sign that someone is like that. Usually the people that do are polite and not overtly assholish, just avoid the following topics with them:

Immigration
Indigenous rights
China
Russia
India (Canada has a huge Indian diaspora and sadly they experience quite a bit of hate and racism)
Islam (non-Christian religions in general)

They will still be super polite while being racist. Canadians seem to have mastered that.

Interesting thing is that racist Canadians are often still fairly LGBTQ+ supportive, those are generally seen as separate issues in Canada, which is better than nothing I guess? The way that is counteracted like in your example is if they fly the Canadian flag with another country's flag, immigrant families do that a lot and they are usually genuinely pleasent and nice people.